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I am a full time intensivist at Holyoke Medical Center, in Holyoke, Massachusetts. I also practice anesthesiology at Holyoke part time. I am the co-founder of Western Mass Critical Care, PC, a Critical Care Medicine practice formerly at Mercy Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts.𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠:◾ respiratory and circulatory management◾ training and empowering professional staff◾ family centered environment◾ compassionate, practical end of life care𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐬:➣ Pioneered the concept of failure of work of breathing as the primary deficit in respiratory failure.➣ Reduced the need for mechanical ventilation by focusing on management of work of breathing.➣ Revamped the teaching and use of APRV and bi-level ventilation.➣ Pioneered the use of percutaneous tracheostomy at Mercy.➣ Introduced the use of echocardiography for hemodynamic monitoring at Mercy.➣ Established the concepts of RV size, RV:LV ratio, and serial troponin and lactate measurement for the assessment of immediate risk in pulmonary embolism and the indications for thrombolysis.➣ The first to publish the following concepts that eliminated cardiorespiratory arrests during IV sedation at Mercy:

Listed skills include Critical Care Medicine, Anesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Pediatric Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, and 9 others.